“Don’t worry if people think you’re crazy. You are crazy. You have that kind of intoxicating insanity that lets other people dream outside of the lines and become who they’re destined to be.” 
― Jennifer Elisabeth

“I want him to love me as much as I love him.” 
― L.J. Smith

“We swallowed the chaos because we knew we didn't want to be ordinary.” 
― Robert M. Drake

“Keep a light, hopeful heart. But expect the worst.” 
― Joyce Carol Oates

“But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted into battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.” 
― Robert Ardrey

“I could recognise his soul in mine as much as he could find me in his. Our sole existences seemed to have been for this very moment when nothing else mattered.” 
― X. Williamson

“We all give up great expectations along the way.” 
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Look,” he said, “the point is there’s no way to be a hundred percent sure about anyone or anything. So you’re left with a choice. Either hope for the best, or just expect the worst.” If you expect the worst, you’re never disappointed,” I pointed out. Yeah, but who lives like that?” 
― Sarah Dessen